אסנת

Hebrew

Etymology

Egyptian in origin. Reconstructed as js (“that,for”) +‎ .w (“third person pronoun”) +‎ n (“of”) +‎ nt ('Neith'), producing "belonging to Neith."

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /osˈnat/, IPA^(key): (formal) /ˌa.səˈnat/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˌʔɔ.săˈnaːθ/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.snəs/

Proper noun

אָסְנַת • (osnat)

1. (biblical) Asenath (an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph, son of Jacob, to be his wife, and who bore him two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim)
   • Tanach, Genesis 41:45, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:

     וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה שֵׁם־יוֹסֵף צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־אָסְנַת בַּת־פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן לְאִשָּׁה וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃

     vay-yiqra far'óh shem yoséf tsafnát pa'néaḥ vay-yitten lo et asənat bat poṭi féra' kohen on le-ishá vay-yetsé yoséf 'al érets mitsráyim.

     Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Tzaphnath Paaneach. He gave him Asenath, daughter of Poti Phera, the priest of On, as a wife. Joseph thus went out to oversee Egypt.

2. a female given name

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ασενέθ (Asenéth)
  • → Latin: Aseneth
• → English: Asenath